Ceylon Africans are an Afrodiasporic community in Sri Lanka and are the descendants of enslaved Africans brought to the island from the 16th-20th centuries. This article focuses on the deployment of Ceylon African manja performances as an embodiment of memory and Afrodiasporic identity both in private and public spheres. I argue that Ceylon African manja performanc...

Ceylon Africans are an Afrodiasporic community in Sri Lanka and are the descendants of enslaved Africans brought to the island from the 16th-20th centuries. This article focuses on the deployment of Ceylon African manja performances as an embodiment of memory and Afrodiasporic identity both in private and public spheres. I argue that Ceylon African manja performanc...

Ceylon Africans are an Afrodiasporic community in Sri Lanka and are the descendants of enslaved Africans brought to the island from the 16th-20th centuries. This article focuses on the deployment of Ceylon African manja performances as an embodiment of memory and Afrodiasporic identity both in private and public spheres. I argue that Ceylon African manja performanc...

Ceylon Africans are an Afrodiasporic community in Sri Lanka and are the descendants of enslaved Africans brought to the island from the 16th-20th centuries. This article focuses on the deployment of Ceylon African manja performances as an embodiment of memory and Afrodiasporic identity both in private and public spheres. I argue that Ceylon African manja performanc...